Outdoors Notebook:
Sometimes, Eric Silva deals in memories. The rest of the time, it's fishing reels. Old ones. The Morrisville resident sells used reels, rods and vintage lures, plus a few military items, on flea market days at the N.C. State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. Vendors and collectors find a community among other lovers of products by such makers as Penn, Mitchell and Shimano.

With temperatures in the 70s forecast for this weekend, some fishing fans might be tempted to spend time on the water. But many will spend time exploring the Bass and Saltwater Fishing Expo being held Friday through Sunday at the State Fairgrounds at Raleigh.

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Raleigh chef Ashley Christensen has bought the Wilmoore Cafe, a downtown Raleigh coffeehouse and sandwich shop. Christensen says she will close it for about six weeks and reopen in March with a new name. She plans to keep it as a coffeehouse, but expand to seven days a week and into the evening for drinks.

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The Carolina Hurricanes are no longer winless. In fact, the Canes have a win over the defending Stanley Cup champions. Joni Pitkanen, Anthony Stewart and Jiri Tlusty scored the goals and Cam Ward got the job done in net Wednesday as the Canes topped the Boston Bruins 3-2 at the RBC Center. Ward ...

Clayton's girls shocked Southeast Raleigh on Friday night by storming back from a 16-point deficit in the final quarter to take a 42-39 win that made the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference race very interesting.